Traveling South and Short Stops

We’re traveling south now and it is interesting how things change. Up north in Minnesota and the Upper Peninsula of Michigan, the temperatures are quite cool (50’s during the day, 30’s at night). The leaves have changed and in some places are past the peak. Gas prices are high (we paid up to $3.09). In Ohio and West Virginia it is still in the 70’s in the day and 60’s at night. Some leaves are falling but there isn’t a major change in colors yet. We saw gas prices as low as $2.60. We’ve adapting to the change and will have to pull out the shorts again and definitely enjoy the lower gas prices.

We stayed overnight at a Cabela’s in Michigan. Here’s the outdoor statue for the store.

I’ve heard about Tamarack: The Best of West Virginia but never stopped. It’s advertised as a showcase for West Virginia artists along with excellent food. Well, the line for food was too long so we skipped that. There’s some wonderful baskets, woodwork, glass, etc.

  

However, the Best of WV is extremely expensive. We absolutely loved Matt Wilkenson’s woodwork but this chainsaw in wood is $16,700!

If you haven’t heard of the Mothman legend, the short version is that a creature was seen in Point Pleasant West Virginia in 1966-1967. The creature was most frequently described as a man-sized bird with red eyes. There were about several sightings with multiple people seeing this thing. After the December 15, 1967 collapse of the nearby bridge killing 46 people, it wasn’t seen again in this area. The thought is that the Mothman either caused or perhaps was warning about the bridge collapse. There was a book and a movie about it.

We visited the town seeing the new bridge…

…the exterior of the museum (we were too early)…

…and the Mothman Statue.